'Whitney' & 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' #1 On This Day In 1987

June 27, 2018

Thirty-one years ago today (June 27, 1987), Whitney’s second album, titled Whitney, debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the first album by a female artist to do so!! Simultaneously, the single “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” hit Number One on the singles chart – THE SAME DAY!!!